Updated 15.40pm
BRIAN CODY AND Eamonn O’Shea, the two men that guided their teams to last year’s All-Ireland senior hurling final, will make their managerial bows in the 2015 championship this Sunday.
It’s our first chance to see Kilkenny and Tipperary in action this summer while there’s plenty other provincial games to digest in Connacht football, Leinster hurling and Ulster football.
The All-Ireland senior camogie championship also starts this weekend.
Here’s the full lowdown on this weekend’s action.
Saturday
Connacht
SFC semi-final
Sligo v Roscommon, Markievicz Park, 7pm, (Ref: Maurice Deegan, Laois), (Live Sky Sports 5)
Leinster
SHC semi-final
Galway v Laois, O’Connor Park, Tullamore, 5pm, (Ref: Fergal Horgan, Tipperary), (Live Sky Sports 5)
Electric Ireland MHC semi-final
Westmeath v Dublin, Cusack Park, Mullingar, 3pm, (Ref: Michael O’Sullivan, Kilkenny)
Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship
Group 1
Limerick v Offaly, Newcastlewest, 2.30pm
Galway v Cork, O’Connor Park, Tullamore, 3pm
Group 2
Dublin v Kilkenny, Parnell Park, 2.30pm
All-Ireland SFC qualifiers
Round 1A
London v Cavan, Ruislip, 2pm, (Ref: Paddy Neilan, Roscommon)
Waterford v Offaly, Fraher Field, Dungarvan, 2pm, (Ref: Fergal Kelly, Longford)
Laois v Antrim, O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 2.30pm, (Ref: Derek O’Mahoney, Tipperary)
Longford v Carlow, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 7pm, (Ref: David Gough, Meath)
TG4 Ulster senior ladies football championship
Cavan v Tyrone, Brewster Park, Enniskillen, 1pm
Donegal v Down, Brewster Park, Enniskillen, 3pm
Sunday
Leinster
SHC semi-final
Kilkenny v Wexford, Nowlan Park, 2pm, (Ref: Diarmuid Kirwan, Cork), (Live RTÉ 2, The Sunday Game)
Electric Ireland MHC semi-final
Kilkenny v Laois, Nowlan Park, 12pm, (Ref: Alfie Devine, Westmeath)
Munster
SHC semi-final
Limerick v Tipperary, Gaelic Grounds, 4pm, (Ref: Brian Gavin, Offaly), (Live RTÉ 2, The Sunday Game)
IHC semi-final
Limerick v Tipperary, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
Ulster
SFC semi-final
Monaghan v Fermanagh, Kingspan Breffni Park, 4pm, (Ref: Padraig O’Sullivan, Kerry), (BBC Deferred)
MFC semi-final
Cavan v Antrim, Kingspan Breffni Park, 2.15pm, (Ref: D Connolly, Monaghan)
SHC quarter-finals
Armagh v Down, Athletic Grounds, 3.30pm, (Ref: Eamon Hassan, Derry)
Derry v Donegal, Celtic Park, 3.30pm, (Ref: John Clarke, Cavan)
Aisling McGing U21 A Ladies Football Championship Final
Cork v Dublin, MacDonagh Park, Nenagh, 1.30pm